Cecilia Velázquez
Biographic Data
| ID | 193129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cecilia Velázquez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cecilia |
| FAMILY NAME | Velázquez |
| SIGNATURE | VELÁZQUEZ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5226-410X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Children Living with Disabilities and Mothers’ Labor Supply in a Developing Country
The recent decline to very low fertility levels by education in five Latin American countries (2010–2022)
El ciclo económico
Uno de cada cinco jóvenes en América Latina Ni estudia Ni trabaja (NiNi), con una tasa en mujeres que prácticamente duplica la de los hombres. Asimismo, uno de cada cuatro jóvenes clasificado como NiNi pertenece a la población económicamente activa por estar buscando trabajo. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el rol del ciclo económico en la proporción de jóvenes NiNis en la región, mediante estimaciones de modelos econométricos con efecto…
Brechas en el acceso a la educación de la niñez y adolescencia con discapacidad en Argentina
Uno de cada diez niños, niñas y adolescentes (nnya) en el mundo tienen una discapacidad y este grupo representa uno de los porcentajes más altos de población no escolarizada. Este artículo estima la brecha en el acceso a la educación de los nnya con discapacidad en Argentina a partir de la encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples por Conglomerados (MICS-UNICEF) relevada en el país en 2019-2020. Los resultados indican que los nnya con discapacidad tienen…
Abortion Legalization in Uruguay
The Latin American and Caribbean adolescent fertility rates are among the highest in the world: about 1.7 million children are born to teen mothers every year, and most of them are declared unintended pregnancies. The region also has the highest rate of unintended pregnancy of any world region, and nearly half of such pregnancies end in abortion. However, fewer than 18 percent of the region's women live in countries where abortion is broadly lega…
The effect of education on teenage fertility
This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two complementing channels: a human capital effect (one additional year of schooling causes a …
The effect of education on teenage fertility
This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two complementing channels: a human capital effect (one additional year of schooling causes a …
Abortion Legalization in Uruguay
The Latin American and Caribbean adolescent fertility rates are among the highest in the world: about 1.7 million children are born to teen mothers every year, and most of them are declared unintended pregnancies. The region also has the highest rate of unintended pregnancy of any world region, and nearly half of such pregnancies end in abortion. However, fewer than 18 percent of the region's women live in countries where abortion is broadly lega…
The recent decline to very low fertility levels by education in five Latin American countries (2010–2022)
The effect of education on teenage fertility
This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two complementing channels: a human capital effect (one additional year of schooling causes a …
Abortion Legalization in Uruguay
The Latin American and Caribbean adolescent fertility rates are among the highest in the world: about 1.7 million children are born to teen mothers every year, and most of them are declared unintended pregnancies. The region also has the highest rate of unintended pregnancy of any world region, and nearly half of such pregnancies end in abortion. However, fewer than 18 percent of the region's women live in countries where abortion is broadly lega…
Brechas en el acceso a la educación de la niñez y adolescencia con discapacidad en Argentina
Uno de cada diez niños, niñas y adolescentes (nnya) en el mundo tienen una discapacidad y este grupo representa uno de los porcentajes más altos de población no escolarizada. Este artículo estima la brecha en el acceso a la educación de los nnya con discapacidad en Argentina a partir de la encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples por Conglomerados (MICS-UNICEF) relevada en el país en 2019-2020. Los resultados indican que los nnya con discapacidad tienen…
Children Living with Disabilities and Mothers’ Labor Supply in a Developing Country
The recent decline to very low fertility levels by education in five Latin American countries (2010–2022)
El ciclo económico
Uno de cada cinco jóvenes en América Latina Ni estudia Ni trabaja (NiNi), con una tasa en mujeres que prácticamente duplica la de los hombres. Asimismo, uno de cada cuatro jóvenes clasificado como NiNi pertenece a la población económicamente activa por estar buscando trabajo. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el rol del ciclo económico en la proporción de jóvenes NiNis en la región, mediante estimaciones de modelos econométricos con efecto…
Developing country (3 works) · Fertility (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Total fertility rate (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family planning (2 works)